60 STAT.] MULTILATERAL-INTERNATIONAL BANK-DEC. 27, 1945 accordance with its law and has taken all steps necessary to enable it to carry out all of its obligations under this Agreement. [1] (b) Each government shall become a member of the Bank as from the date of the deposit on its behalf of the instrument referred to in (a) above, except that no government shall become a member before this Agreement enters into force under Section 1 of this Article. (c) The Government of the United States of America shall inform the governments of all countries whose names are set forth in Schedule A, and all governments whose membership is approved in accordance with Article II, Section 1 (b), of all signatures of this Agreement and of the deposit of all instruments referred to in (a) above. (d) At the time this Agreement is signed on its behalf, each gov- ernment shall transmit to the Government of the United States of America one one-hundredth of one percent of the price of each share in gold or United States dollars for the purpose of meeting administra- tive expenses of the Bank. This payment shall be credited on account of the payment to be made in accordance with Article II, Section 8 (a). The Government of the United States of America shall hold such funds in a special deposit account and shall transmit them to the Board of Governors of the Bank when the initial meeting has been called under Section 3 of this Article. If this Agreement has not come into force by December 31, 1945, the Government of the United States of America shall return such funds to the governments that transmitted them. (e) This Agreement shall remain open for signature at Wash- ington on behalf of the governments of the countries whose names are set forth in Schedule A until December 31, 1945. (f) After December 31, 1945, this Agreement shall be open for signature on behalf of the government of any country whose mem- bership has been approved in accordance with Article II, Section 1 (b). (g) By their signature of this Agreement, all governments accept it both on their own behalf and in respect of all their colonies, over- seas territories, all territories under their protection, suzerainty, or authority and all territories in respect of which they exercise a mandate. (h) In the case of governments whose metropolitan territories have been under enemy occupation, the deposit of the instrument [Instruments of acceptance have been deposited with the Department of State by the following countries: Belgium on Dec. 27, 1945; Bolivia on Dec. 27, 1945; Brazil on Jan. 14,1946; Canada on Dec. 27,1945; Chile on Dec. 31, 1945; China on Dec. 26, 1945; Costa Rica on Jan. 8, 1948; Czechoslovakia on Dec. 26, 1945; Dom- inican Republic on Dec. 28,1946; Ecuador on Dec. 28,1945; Egypt on Dee. 26,1945; Ethiopia on Dec. 12, 1945; France on Dec. 27, 1945; Greece on Dec. 26, 1945; Guatemala on Dec. 28, 1945; Honduras on Dec. 26, 1945; Iceland on Dec. 27, 1945; India on bec. 27,1945; Iran on Dec. 29,1945; Iraq on Dec. 26, 1945; Luxembourg on Dec. 26, 1945; Mexico on Dec. 31, 1945; Netherlands on Dec. 26,1945; Norway on Dec. 27, 1945; Paraguay on Dec. 28, 1945; Peru on Dec. 31, 1945; Philippine Commonwealth on Dec. 21, 1945; Poland on Jan. 10, 1946; Union of South Africa on Dec. 26, 1945; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland on Dec. 27,1945; United States of America on Dec. 20 ,1945; Yugoslavia on Dec. 26 ,1945.] 1461 Podt, p . 1486. Ante, p. 1441 . Transmittal of funds for administrative ex- penses. Ante, p. 1442. P0d, p. 1466 . Ane, p. 441. Enemy occuption.
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